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I haven’t bought my turkey yet…is that bad? Actually, I have bought none of the required Thanksgiving Day foods. There is nary a sweet potato to be found at my home. I do, however, have plenty of Runts…and Pop Tarts…and Hot Pockets. Do you think I could...

Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday. Have any plans? I got an early present on Sunday, which I am super excited to start using! So my Mother’s day will consist of me learning how to use my new toy Beyond that I will be keeping it pretty low key. You see, this...

This past weekend my husband and I got together with some friends and had a game night. Game nights are fun, aren’t they? Aren’t they? Well, they are supposed to be fun. Until… Men vs. Women. Apparently as a married adult it gets all kindergarten on game nights....

So if you have been reading my blog for any length of time you will know that I am sort of obsessed with masquerading food, hiding ingredients or disguising treats. A hidden ingredient is the funnest! (Is funnest a word?) Anyway, so seeing as it is now apple season I...

I was a little nervous doing these…and before you get nervous too, please relax. I had done a little research after I was asked to make these cookies to make sure I would be able to do them before agreeing. I have a problem with that sometimes…agreeing to things...

This Hot Chocolate on a stick is the perfect sweet Valentine’s treat! We all have our own little idiosyncrasies. They say this is what makes us an “individual”…or in layman’s terms, makes us a little freaky. Most of us are quiet oddballs, while...

If any of you have youngin’s in school you probably know this past week has been Teacher Appreciation Week…well, nothing says “I appreciate you” like a cupcake. Wait, maybe that’s just me, but anyway ~ cupcakes are what I do.I started a day ahead...

This past weekend I participated in my first Craft Fair. It was a small, local “Spring Bazaar” and a great first experience in selling to the masses, as opposed to individual orders. I made a lot of Spring and Easter themed cookies as well as a few of my standard...

So here’s my first attempt at putting together a Cookie Bouquet. I have made cookies and also made cookie-pops for favors, but have never assembled them as a cookie bouquet. I am pretty happy with how it turned out.A girl friend asked me if I could make one for her as a...